Brand new user here...was playing around with Hubitat all last night and really excited to unleash the full potential. I only have 2 GE z-wave dimmers that were here when I bought the house, and luckily I had no issues adding them to the hub. Here are my current questions and pain points: Do I ne…

You're probably right...I will get rid of them. I mostly was just playing around with what was here when I bought the house. Now I have a pretty solid grasp on pairing, rules, dashboards, etc. I actually wrote some basic rules last night to turn on x-mas lights at sunset and turn off at sunrise...wh…

[image] erktrek: Inovelli I'm leaning towards building my lighting system around the Inovelli Red Series dimmer. Would you recommend these or Zooz more?

[image] rwswan: Caseta and Hue both still require their proprietary hub/bridge Lutron requires their PRO bridge (not the regular one). You can connect Hue devices directly to HE but most people use a Hue bridge. The integration between HE and both Lutron and Hue is excellent, reliable, and …

[image] rwswan: Why did you settle on Zigbee over Z-wave? I'll let @ogiewon tackle this one :grinning: [image] rwswan: Do Caseta and Hue both still require their proprietary hub/bridge or do they connect directly to the Hubitat? Caseta does (Lutron Caseta Smartbridge PRO). Hue zigbee …

FYI...the only way I could "hack" these old GE non plus dimmers was to set up a Rule Machine that refreshes them every 10 seconds. I could do it every 1 second for near instantaneous state refreshing but it seems unnecessary. I also disabled logging otherwise the log fills up very quickly.

For my clients that require the "toggle" style switch I've used Zooz Zen23 & 24's (and personally). They work very well and can usually be had at a good price especially around the US holidays and sales events like Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I believe it's still going on.. For paddle switches I've …

Additionally - To really decide between Zooz and Inovelli, consider your use-case and what capabilities are desired. If both will suit your needs then I would go with price. If you are ordering a bunch of dimmers/switches it might be worth contacting either company directly to see if they can give y…

[image] rwswan: Is there an up-to-date guide on how to install the package manager? [image] Dummies guide to install Hubitat package manager 🎬 Get Started For other newbies as confused as I was: To install Hubitat Package Manager, you copy this url: https://raw.gi…

[image] rwswan: Why did you settle on Zigbee over Z-wave? Zigbee has been far more trouble-free for me. Z-Wave was always a problem, and if you look through the community, I believe you will find that trend has continued for many (not all) users. I have to say that being Z-Wave free, has al…

[image] rwswan: then the device no longer shows up in the polling app. Just a quick bit of info to explain this... Device drivers do NOT have to support the Poll command. If the driver does not, then it won't show in the ZWave Poller app. This is all intentional. Basically there are drivers …

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